I assume that most of us watching have some reason to be personally concerned. Here’s my question: if the tests and treatments are understood and ‘available’, why do most of us never get this high level of health support? Instead we’re learning on RUclips what treatments we are not receiving.
Because your insurance company is determining what tests you need and what treatments you can get, not your doctor. I hate to get political here but how many congressional members have stock in insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies? How many lobbiests are paying them under the table? If we start cleaning house at the top, our health care will improve. The criminals at the top have the best health care.
It is about money. If I would pay to check my ApoB levels here in Finland it's about 90 dollars. Only ApoB levels.. If I would like all great test to see my metabolic health it's 300 dollars. Basically who are pissing in our porridge are the medical labs that demand high money for a blood sample.
Gil, you are doing such an awesome job! You rescued me from the depths of the low carb, “only the small dense ldl are bad”, “grass fed butter is good for you”, etc.. camp. I have devoured your lessons on how to do my own research. While I had no symptoms of heart disease, part of my 2 year journey to good health (260lbs to 160lbs) included getting my own additional lab work done, including a calcium ct scan, which showed a very high score. I’ve researched as many things as possible, and you single handedly got me to understand “don’t trust someone based on their credentials, look at the data…”. Anyway, thank you SO MUCH! I am spreading the word to my friends. And this interview with Dr Tom Dayspring is a MASTERCLASS!
@@Krunch2020 no, it was not low carb, I apologize for the confusion. It was essentially just slightly higher protein and a ~500 cal per day deficit or more and exercise. I was trying to say that I got caught up in the low carb content online and got convinced about seed oils, grass fed butter, and statins are all bad. But kept searching since most of that line of discussion is weaker evidence in my clearly laypersons view so far. I’ve learned to look at broader swaths of evidence. I’m fully open to the possibility that I’m still on the wrong track, but am trying to constantly prove my views wrong, versus only reinforcing the ones I have had, or currently have.
@@Krunch2020 and I don’t just listen to Gil, I devour many channels, have read multiple books such as all of the plant paradox, the low carb guidebooks, Metobolical, etc…. I just particularly appreciate Gil’s style and way of presenting the research.
@@dpwright32 Normally I would be jumping for joy when I find a rational person like you in the comments. However I've come to expect such quality from Gil's audience.
At first, I played the video with the notion that I already knew everything important about dietary cholesterol and its effect on our cholesterol (since I watched Gil's previous video on this topic). Yet, I learnt a ton of new information. I really hope more people like Tom Dayspring exist who are experts in their domain of interest and who can simply explain such a difficult topic to a lay person. And I really hope you Gil will be able to find another such excellent people who are willing to do those epic interviews with you because it's a huge service for the world. Thank you both!
If I had a biology teacher like this at school chances are I would have become a doctor. Fascinating insights from an extremely intelligent and knowledgeable person who has the ability to explain difficult concepts and science in simple terms. I salute you sir - you are a rare commodity indeed. All I can say is thank the lucky stars we did not have to design the chemical , biological and electrical functioning of the body or we would never have existed. How in the name of everything did this all come to be?
@@pragooutube Maybe, but if so, who designed the designer ? A designer that can design life so complex must itself be vastly more complex than the life it designs, but if the designer itself wasn't intelligently designed, then something even more complex than us, came from nothing ? I believe its possible that there is a creator, and I like to imagine that there is one, but It's not possible to say with any degree of certainty that one is necessary to explain the universe. That belief requires you to assume that there must be a first cause of all things, and that this cause is a specific intelligent being that somehow exists outside the universe entirely, which, although possible, it can't be proven, and isn’t the only conceivable possibility. Maybe the universe is all that there is, and it is cyclical in nature, running in a loop for infinity, like a broken record, meaning it causes itself, or maybe there is an endless multiverse. It isn’t possible to prove or disprove any of these theories right now, so you can’t accurately say if they are more or less likely than a creator being the first cause.
@@cameronbethea123 I've come to the realization that the amazing complexity of life, the precision, means that I have to humbly accept that the Designer's origins must be beyond my scope of comprehension- beyond my realm of understanding- miraculous if you will.
Yes, the facts are here but your common layperson is easily manipulated and fooled by quacks like Ken berry. You and gil are straight shooters. A debate with Ken berry about the carnivore diet can help laypeople understand the truth about nutrition and health. How do you combat quacks from killing laypeople?
Mechanisms can be a bit misleading. It, allows folks to have a cheap, educated guess at what might be going on. I devised, a reaction mechanism once, by coupling together two accepted mechanisms. I asked, to see, my fellow students ideas, but, they would not show me, their ideas.
A pleasure listening to an "enthusiastic master" of his subject. One able to explain complex subjects to the common man such as myself. Thanks for the great video!
Our bodies are an ad hoc bunch of spaghetti code with many questionable and obsolete mechanisms. Can you tell your god to stop giving kids leukemia? KThanksbye
I've never heard a such a detailed, comprehensive explanation about this subject. It's so information dense that had to rewatch many parts of it to understand it. I feel privileged to be a subscriber to your channel.
I sincerely hope anyone that watches this knows how much of a privilege it is to have this video as a resource. It's such an excellent overview and easy to understand for a concept that has a lot of nuance. It flies in the face of any diet that professes black & white verbage to describe whether dietary cholesterol is good or not. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I love hearing the "it depends" kind of answer. I much prefer precision over easy when it comes to answers about health.
This video was incredibly informative, but I really don't know if "it depends" is the most honest conclusion, and I'm a bit dissapointed he did not discuss further specifics. It seems to me that hypercholestorolemia is a relatively common condition, and I can't find any information on the incidence rate of hypocholestorolemia, which is also linked to adverse health effects. If like I suspect the latter is much less common, perhaps it is misleading to say "it depends" like its some 50/50 split. With the way he talked about it, he portrayed hypo-aboserbers of cholesterol as having a blessing, so certainly not an adverse condition, unless ofcourse the body is also incapable of producing enough on its own. Seems like it varies how harmful dietary cholesterol can be to people, not that "it depends whether its good or bad". With that in mind and the fact that food is a package deal and the healthiest foods and diets are consistently rich in plants, it is a weird conclusion to make
So we are kinda gambling by freely eating fat and cholesterol rich foods? If we don't know how our body is behaving with it? I knew there was variability in how food affects people, but it goes much deeper than I thought. Glad RUclips recommended this to me.
This is SO HELPFUL. I am a hyper absorber with very high ApoB, high LDL, high HDL and have been eating 3 eggs daily. Going to switch to one whole egg and egg whites. Thank you. I’m reading and watching all of Dr Dayspring that I can find. Also I really appreciated your recent debunking of the saturated fats are fine report
This was one of the best lectures I have ever listen about nutrition. This is what we really can call “nutriton made simple”. Great analogies. His passion reminded me of R. Taylor. I love people who are passionate about their thing and spread good, science based information in a understandable manner 🤩
I googled good HDL levels for women and. Got this: According to the Cleveland Clinic, a high HDL cholesterol level is anything above 80 mg/dL. An HDL cholesterol level of 60 mg/dL or above is considered protective against heart disease. A level less than 50 mg/dL for women is considered a major risk factor for heart disease.
Outstanding! If we only had more people like him to explain biology in such simple terms, we would all be better educated and equipped to manage our health in a targeted, meaningful and effective way. Kudos to you Gil for bringing his knowledge to the public.
Love your content! This is one of several key videos that convinced me to change my diet and do something about my cholesterol levels. All of my family has high cholesterol. In December, my total cholesterol was 391, LDL was 282. My family has been convinced that cholesterol doesn't matter. I finally decided to do something and went on a plant based diet in mid January. Before I ate mostly vegetarian but loved cream and butter (LOTS of them). After going vegan, my total cholesterol is down to 207 and LDL is down to 118. I expected a little bit of a drop, but nothing this dramatic! Thank you for taking the time to make these informative videos!
My cholesterol is high ish. And I have cardiovascular disease. Stage 1 and Stage 2 hypertension. 5 ft 6 in tall and only 108 lb. Not diabetic. Cardiologist told me since it is familial that diet won't fix it. Wants me on meds.
Wow. Dr Tom dayspring is amazing at teaching complex concepts in a fun and interesting manner. Such a delight listening to him. Im a doctor from India. We read all about cholesterol synthesis, absorption and receptors in med school but never had a professor who could engage the students so well. Id go back to med school again if i had such professors. Thank you Gil.
Regarding individual variability: I was exercising a lot and eating the recommended low fat diet and my body did not have excess fat, but I felt like I was not robust or strong and my cholesterol was going up. My doctor recommended statins. I asked what lifestyle I could do but when he said " eat less fat" I replied that was not possible since I already ate very little fat. He then said I was likely genetically predisposed to why cholesterol. Later, when I switched to a fairly high fat high cholesterol, low carb diet and I told him look. My cholesterol levels are very good and I eat a lot of cholesterol. He said maybe I have genetically predisposition to low cholesterol. I guess that doctor thinks I had successful gene therapy. In my case, I think my low fat diet contributed to a poor lipid profile and the general health recommendations and assumptions of doctors are not correct.
It's likely because you were eating pretty poorly on the low fat diet. It isn't mentioned in this video, but studies show that eating refined sugar and refined carbs on a calorie per calorie basis is effectively nearly as bad as eating those calories as saturated fats.
This is EXACTLY my story, - what the doctor said word for word and what I did: zero fat, 100% carbs, which caused hypercholesterolemia. He said it must be familial. At that point I turn to Google and RUclips 🎉😅
@@signs80 he said he is exercising a lot. 99% who exercising knows, that eating junkfood refined sugar and mcdonald is big NO NO. occasionally yes but not everyday or every so often. imo. the problem is that if you eat less fat. your body tried to make more. like video said. dietary cholesterol absorption for most ppl is half. but because he lack of it. the body then create more by creating from body fat and recycle it via bile/instentine. eating more fat then reverse this effect and body doest need any more cholestorol. hence cholesterol going back to normal
I don't think you can do much in terms of how digestible your content can be when you're presenting actual facts, because facts tend to be more complex than eat this, do that and you'll be fine. There's also the problem of other influencers crafting their "facts" such that they appeal to most people and confirm what individuals already believe, and that generates more clicks (it's not fat it's sugar type crowd for example). So I'm very happy you took your time to interview someone of such great knowledge and explaining abilities, because I was confused about this topic for a while but this video cleared it up for me in a matter of minutes (to be fair i did zone out ofter the explanation of low and high absorbers because that kinda answered my question but i will definetly revisit this). Thanks
Can't believe this is freely available on youtube. This is gold standard content, almost a book compressed and summarized into very understandable format. I'm subscribed!
Thank you so much for this. I'm 81 and you have answered questions I have had since I became old enough to say the word Cholesterol. Getting a little schooling on this has helped me understand where to go from here. Thank you again. Subscribed and liked.
Totally eggselent. Doctor Dayspring explained the complex pathways & the many variables in a way that made it easily understood. Looking forward to many more videos like this. Thank you for this channel...
Fantastic lecture! My mother has familial hyperlipidemia with total Cholestrol in the 300s to 400s, HDL in the 120 region. I (male) don't have such high levels myself but my total runs around 250 with HDL around 70, LDL around 150. So I guess I got partial genes from my mother, not full loss of function. I went on full vegan (no dairy or animal products) diet for 2 months and my Cholestrol only went down by 15points. It was very frustrating but now I see why. Thank you for this illuminating lecture. I think I'd be one of those who could benefit more from absorption blockers like Ezetimibe. Also perhaps invest my time more on diet changes that target better Cholestrol elimination (soluble fibers Flax seed etc..) Again thanks a whole bunch to both of you. I hope many providers will see this video and learn. No one suggested any genetic test for my mother. They just put her on statin and that's it. Seems like she could benefit more if Ezetimibe is added. (BTW gonna have to return the phytosterol supplement that's on the way. Y'all might just save me from some damage on that front. Thank you!)
I was totally engrossed listening to him! He have such an interesting ability to make the cholesterol, LDL and rest of the players in the story of high cholesterol come to life. I just imagined them as tiny walking talking cartoon characters and totally was into it. Wow! What a great interview. Thanks for inviting him to give such an amazing, eye opening interview.
Fascinating. Dayspring REALLY knows his stuff. Yes, I'm a hyper-responder to cholesterol (determined via the lots of eggs for a month/no eggs for a month) test. And yes, my HDL tends to run high - usually 70-75. I used to be proud of it - hey, it's the GOOD cholesterol. But now I see that the situation is much more complex. Eliminating eggs, reducing EVOO (!?!) and increasing exercise (I assume) has helped me to naturally cut my ApoB in half, from 1.86 to 0.93 in the last six months. My target is 0.80. If Zestia helps me get there, I'm taking it. I'll ask my doctor to test those phytosterols. [edit] Now I'm down an ApoB of 83, but couldn't get it any lower even with supplemented psyllium husk. Oh well, at least I got my doctor off my back. Since my BP great, I'm not going to sweat it from now on.
@@hektor6766 lol. Nature - i.e. the forces of natural selection - stops caring about us after the age of reproduction (which I am). So why should I care about Nature?
I was a registered nurse for over forty years and while the experts presented are clearly knowledgeable in their fields I’m finding these videos to be hard to understand on first viewing . I have always found the way you deliver information to be very easy to comprehend . This is not to show any disrespect to your guests but emphasize the importance of your summaries at the end . I went totally plant based four months ago and total cholesterol only dropped 18 points which was very disappointing . Please continue with your very easy to comprehend presentations. Thank you .
I don’t think it was difficult to understand. I went back and listened to a few lines again for clarification. I have listened to a fair number of videos about cholesterol, but I have no medical training.
the interview format is relatively new for me so I´m trying to get the hang of it and trying to figure out the best way to present them as we move forward (short snippets? long form 1-2h convos? break them down into 2 or 3 parts?) , so your feedback is important!
@@NutritionMadeSimple Perhaps some viewers are intimidated by longer videos, or just think, “I don’t have time for this.” But this particular video is best watched all at once to absorb the overall concept and how it all links together. Some of us are hyper-absorbers of information while others are hypo-absorbers. Ha, ha, get it?
@Pamela and Pablo Ortiz Thank you for your comment, I feel the same way. I want the information to be "Made Simple" and I also like to see some practical suggestions. I'm really loving this channel (I'm burnt out on Keto and IF), and so far the "what I eat in a day" video has been the most helpful (and most simple).
@@NutritionMadeSimple probably snippets with you declouding said snippets. I found it fine, but I have been reading about these things for like ever so it just filled in a few blanks for me.
Wow, what an excellent deep dive from the subject matter expert. Honestly, broken down in a way to understand the function and pathways. testing and options could really increase a patient’s ability to manage high cholesterol levels. I am grateful you had Dr. Tom D. on to explain this. ❤
I have been binge watching this subject for months due to having gallbladder attacks which i think is linked to having high cholesterol (had other symptoms which are slowly disappearing over the past 6 months due to a very low cholesterol diet). I wish I had seen this video months ago best explanation I have seen by miles!!!
Such an amazing channel, and so refreshing with someone who is intelligent, educated but also refuses to take sides or sponsors. Would it be possible for you to break down seasonal allergies at some point? I have bad pollen allergies and some food allergies, would do basically anything to fix it but so hard to understand what treatments are actually real and what is just people trying to rip you off. Anyways all the best and keep up the good work.
A very useful and informative video. It helps me understand my mum's condition better. Some have commented that the speaker is a little too "long winded" but I don't find it so. Thank you for making it easy for me to understand better! Really thanks a lot!
This was by far the most comprehensive explanation of cholesterol and how it works. It was very helpful that it was pointed out we are all different in how we respond to it and it's not a one size fits all as far as our diets are concerned. Thank you.
Many thanks for sharing Dr Carvalho. Dr Thomas Dayspring is a really brilliant lipodologist. Previous to see this, I saw his super informative and educational lipid series podcasts with Simon Hill on The Proof. I learned do many things that I was ignorant of, it clarfied many of my misconceptions and misinformation I had bought into
Never understood how my body is ending up with large quantities of lipids. Its a true masterclass, capable of saving millions of lives. This video should be a lecture in all medical schools.
I don’t eat red meat but i ate 4 eggs a day. I take a lot fiber, flax and chia. I exercise consistently. I smoked 3 to 5 cigarettes a day, I quit meanwhile. I’m going to be tested next month, i feel reasonably well, considering I’m 65 and waiting for hip replacement surgery , i hope I’n not doing anything wrong. I take multivitamins, palmetto, fish oil, plus reinforce vitamin D3 and K2. I take no other medication not even pain killers as my liver is too sensitive. I’ll try to watch this video before going to the doctor to check the referenced markers. I like your YT channel a lot. Your ethical posture unclutter complex issues, not by over simplification but with well backed sound information.
Thank you so much for this video. One month ago I suffered what doctors initially thought to be seizures but turned out to be a TIA (mini stroke) at 42. After thinking I was living a relatively healthy lifestyle, these past few weeks I have been on a learning journey. Thank you and Dr. Dayspring for this informative video.
Thank you very much for this video, Dr. Gill and Dr. Tom. It's a pedagogical content I'll go back to for reviewing and keep learning. The duration of the video was fine. It's a complex topic that needs several complementary videos. As some users have already suggested, I think it would be a great idea to have a similar interview material that goes through the metabolism, testing and individual genetic variability related to other lipids (triglycerides, saturated fat, omegas, phytosterols, etc.). I'm particularly interested in triglycerides and saturated fat. Once again, thank you very much for your professional and pedagogical work. Good vibes to all the team. 👍
Thank you for this!! LOVE LOVE LOVE. This video puts a lot of pieces together from your previous videos on ApoA and ApoB. I think I can go back to your other videos on the subject and get a lot more out of them now. I had questions on triglycerides and fatty liver. Can you do a video on this? It’s an epidemic in the United States and for those who have it, not a lot of guidance. I would love to see Dr. Tom Dayspring, MD, speak on the subject if he was inclined. :) Thank you both for this extremely informative video.
Jeez, this is gold. Thanks to yourself and Tom taking the time to do this. Dr Dayspring is quite engaging! Got many insights from this ... I may need to explore the possibility with my doctor that I have hyperabsorption of dietary cholesterol as my HDL is quite high. In the meantime, I have been reducing animal product consumption recently based on your other videos.
Thank you so much for that. It was totally awesome. So complete a description and presented in an easy to undersatnd way by a clear expert in the field. very passionate and with a excellent and entertaining manner Dr Dayspring was amazing
Gil, the point about the bell curve within the population is extraordinarily important. We too often assume that the entire population is the same. Instead, what if every time we do a study there are 2 or three or five different subpopulations that react differently to an input. Suddenly, all those meta-analyses might be a lot less comparable if certain subpopulations are not represented or the input is slightly different. As you know, this is called Simpson's paradox and we ignore it at our peril.
I went on a keto diet with 16:8 intermittent fasting 4-1/2 months ago. I have lost 41 pounds, and got my new lipid panel yesterday to compare to a November 2022 panel. After eating lots of eggs, bacon sausage, beef, butter, and mixing in chicken and fish for the 4-1/2 months, my total cholesterol dropped a little - 149 to 137. My HDL is too low and dropped from 36 to 34. But Triglycerides dropped from 138 to 69 and VLDL dropped from 25 to 14. LDL was unchanged at 88. The good news was that my Triglyceride to HDL ratio dropped from 3.8 to 2.0. A very good change in an important indicator. I was very worried that my high fat, and fairly high saturated fat diet would send my blood lipids skyrocketing. But they generally stayed the same or dropped considerably. I see doctors who predict both ways -- high fat will increase cholesterol or high fat/low carb will reduce cholesterol. In my case, it was the latter.
@@eugeniebreida I tried to keep it at 20 grams a day or less. I'm sure I went over on occasion, but not by much. I ate zero foods that were high carb during that time.
Thanks so much for your response. I once went on a strict STRICT paleo carnivore (no carbs) for one month, and reduced ALL of my inflammation - to zero. I also reduced my carbs to zero. In the end this restriction caused me great problems in terms of hormones (cortisol raised) - too much energy/inability to find restful sleep. So I ditched it. I think I am going to try a strongly meat w/greens & very low carb vegges so that I do not go off the charts ketogenic (can still sleep) but finally knock off the know crap foods (grains, nightshades, bad seed oils a(which I dont consume anyway) but maybe the nuts which I do, in moderation. Not sure about my flax seeds/flax oil (omega3's, but not only). Any idease welcome. However I'm not a fan of pork for inflammation, nor highly processed meats (bacon in USA, etc). Thanks for your info!@@texdentist
Just be aware that most low carb diets show results in year one that are reversed in year two. That won't be true for everyone because of individual variability, but it is true on average. I hope it works for you!
I had a lipid panel done the day after attending a kids birthday party, where I spent the day eating pizza, snacks, soda, cake, and ice cream. My lipid panel turned out pretty bad, and my triglycerides were in the 300s. That particular day was an exception, as I do not regularly eat like that.
Thank you both so very much. I spent years trying to understand why my LDL-C and ApoB are high even after cutting the SFA almost completely. This was an eye-opener! I was prescribed statins, but I managed to keep my LDL at 130-140 with the diet and exercise, and this is not easy. Now I have a Plan B!
Hi Dr. Carvalho, As always, I'm very grateful for the information that you're sharing with us. After watching this video I realize that the main questions I have about cholesterol are: What are its main roles in the body and how does low or high levels of serum cholesterol affect those roles and why does cholesterol have such a bad rep? I've mostly heard from the keto camp, so my understanding of it is that you can eat as much as you want and that it won't cause any problem unless you suffer from inflammation. I've also heard that it's absolutely essential for the synthesis of sex hormones in the body, so it's mainly a good thing. Also, understanding how cholesterol is synthesized in the body (and from what) and what influences the levels at which it's being synthesized would really help understanding the whole picture. Cheers!
Great and really informative video. One thing I'm dissapointed about is how food as a package deal was barely glossed upon, especially with the mention of gut-flora and what dietary choices are associated with healthier flora. I think the issue of whether it's worth trial and erroring with your cardiovascular health and spending a lot of time and money on sophisticated tests, when dietary cholesterol seems mostly unnecessary, was also not addressed
So very interesting! Thank you for offering us a much better alternative than these radical believers on RUclips with their narrow analysis! This Dr Dayspring is such a great find, very interesting and passionate, such a riot to watch! Thank you to both of you.
This is Super useful information. I was on a mono therapy of statin, kept increasing all the way to 40mg. Added ezetimibe and apoB plummeted. Then kept halving the statin all the way down to 5mg with great results. Currently TC 81, apoB 34
Wow, that's great! Statin lowered my ldl but not enough and I didn't want to increase dose so Ezitimibe was added. It did nothing at all. Now i'm on Repatha and that's pretty effective but I probably can use a very small amount of statin to get APo B to goal.
Dr. Dayspring is a rockstar. This explanation of how cholesterol is absorbed was so much fun, and easy to understand. "The liver is praying that the cholesterol will be excreted with the stool, but the small intestine isn't so bright." I loved it. I'm going to watch this one again, for sure.
wow. I was spell bound by this doctor's presentation. I mean I have been over indulging in your videos this last past week. Can't get enough, Hope that over indulgence doesn't cause a rise in cholesterol. lol
WOW... Brain full! Gonna need to re-watch this a time or two. SUCH good content! Sincere thanks to Dr. Dayspring, and Dr Carvalho for putting this together.
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fantastic...I love how, unlike Peter Attia, he just lets the guest talk and doesnt constantly interrupt with anecdotes and digressions. Chapeau!
Dr Dayspring is a national treasure. His enthusiasm for this topic and they he talks is wonderful . Even a dummy like me understands it .
Another great teacher in the medical community! Thank you for allowing Dr Dayspring your platform to explain this.
I assume that most of us watching have some reason to be personally concerned. Here’s my question: if the tests and treatments are understood and ‘available’, why do most of us never get this high level of health support? Instead we’re learning on RUclips what treatments we are not receiving.
Because your insurance company is determining what tests you need and what treatments you can get, not your doctor. I hate to get political here but how many congressional members have stock in insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies? How many lobbiests are paying them under the table? If we start cleaning house at the top, our health care will improve. The criminals at the top have the best health care.
This is exactly what I was thinking, but the answer is always $$$
Pay for a blood test yourself. It's not that much.
It is about money. If I would pay to check my ApoB levels here in Finland it's about 90 dollars. Only ApoB levels.. If I would like all great test to see my metabolic health it's 300 dollars. Basically who are pissing in our porridge are the medical labs that demand high money for a blood sample.
I even had a doctor tell me to look up my medical condition, sciatica, on you tube! lol. I was shocked to say the least.
Gil, you are doing such an awesome job! You rescued me from the depths of the low carb, “only the small dense ldl are bad”, “grass fed butter is good for you”, etc.. camp. I have devoured your lessons on how to do my own research. While I had no symptoms of heart disease, part of my 2 year journey to good health (260lbs to 160lbs) included getting my own additional lab work done, including a calcium ct scan, which showed a very high score. I’ve researched as many things as possible, and you single handedly got me to understand “don’t trust someone based on their credentials, look at the data…”. Anyway, thank you SO MUCH! I am spreading the word to my friends. And this interview with Dr Tom Dayspring is a MASTERCLASS!
"including a calcium ct scan, which showed a very high score"
What was your score before you started low carb compared to when you stopped?
@@Krunch2020 no, it was not low carb, I apologize for the confusion. It was essentially just slightly higher protein and a ~500 cal per day deficit or more and exercise. I was trying to say that I got caught up in the low carb content online and got convinced about seed oils, grass fed butter, and statins are all bad. But kept searching since most of that line of discussion is weaker evidence in my clearly laypersons view so far. I’ve learned to look at broader swaths of evidence. I’m fully open to the possibility that I’m still on the wrong track, but am trying to constantly prove my views wrong, versus only reinforcing the ones I have had, or currently have.
@@Krunch2020 and I don’t just listen to Gil, I devour many channels, have read multiple books such as all of the plant paradox, the low carb guidebooks, Metobolical, etc…. I just particularly appreciate Gil’s style and way of presenting the research.
@@dpwright32 Normally I would be jumping for joy when I find a rational person like you in the comments. However I've come to expect such quality from Gil's audience.
Stay away from quacks like Ken berry 🤡💩
At first, I played the video with the notion that I already knew everything important about dietary cholesterol and its effect on our cholesterol (since I watched Gil's previous video on this topic). Yet, I learnt a ton of new information. I really hope more people like Tom Dayspring exist who are experts in their domain of interest and who can simply explain such a difficult topic to a lay person. And I really hope you Gil will be able to find another such excellent people who are willing to do those epic interviews with you because it's a huge service for the world. Thank you both!
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He's great. I've been a Dr Dayspring fan for over a decade. Glad he's with Dr Peter Attia now.
This guy rules! I’ve never enjoyed such boring material so much! And I think I actually get it! Great interview.
If I had a biology teacher like this at school chances are I would have become a doctor. Fascinating insights from an extremely intelligent and knowledgeable person who has the ability to explain difficult concepts and science in simple terms. I salute you sir - you are a rare commodity indeed. All I can say is thank the lucky stars we did not have to design the chemical , biological and electrical functioning of the body or we would never have existed. How in the name of everything did this all come to be?
So much evidence of brilliant design! It's obvious there must be a Designer.
@@pragooutube Maybe, but if so, who designed the designer ? A designer that can design life so complex must itself be vastly more complex than the life it designs, but if the designer itself wasn't intelligently designed, then something even more complex than us, came from nothing ?
I believe its possible that there is a creator, and I like to imagine that there is one, but It's not possible to say with any degree of certainty that one is necessary to explain the universe.
That belief requires you to assume that there must be a first cause of all things, and that this cause is a specific intelligent being that somehow exists outside the universe entirely, which, although possible, it can't be proven, and isn’t the only conceivable possibility.
Maybe the universe is all that there is, and it is cyclical in nature, running in a loop for infinity, like a broken record, meaning it causes itself, or maybe there is an endless multiverse.
It isn’t possible to prove or disprove any of these theories right now, so you can’t accurately say if they are more or less likely than a creator being the first cause.
@@cameronbethea123 I've come to the realization that the amazing complexity of life, the precision, means that I have to humbly accept that the Designer's origins must be beyond my scope of comprehension- beyond my realm of understanding- miraculous if you will.
@@pragooutube sure it's too perfect to be an accident
@@pragooutube like how many actually expected the covid was going to happen to humanity
The complexity of our systems is beyond amazing. This has given me a new appreciation for how complex the cholesterol issue is.
Agreed! Everything about humans is being revealed as beautifully efficient and yet so complex.
This is an amazing discussion. Love that this high quality and evidenced based information is now available to the public
Yes, the facts are here but your common layperson is easily manipulated and fooled by quacks like Ken berry. You and gil are straight shooters. A debate with Ken berry about the carnivore diet can help laypeople understand the truth about nutrition and health. How do you combat quacks from killing laypeople?
Yes. There's some interesting. Papers, available to read about eggs online. Did you see any good ones in free to access journals?
Hi, I am Robert Farr BSc Hons. A volunteer Scientist in England.
Mechanisms can be a bit misleading. It, allows folks to have a cheap, educated guess at what might be going on.
I devised, a reaction mechanism once, by coupling together two accepted mechanisms.
I asked, to see, my fellow students ideas, but, they would not show me, their ideas.
Monologue/seminar*
A pleasure listening to an "enthusiastic master" of his subject. One able to explain complex subjects to the common man such as myself. Thanks for the great video!
Wow. Our bodies are so amazing. We should take a moment and meditate on this wondrous creation and thank it for all it does. I'm serious.
yes, thank God for creating such marvelous creatures
Yes, but meditating on this fact would be of no benefit to me. I'd rather spend the time reading scholarly reports.
Thank God for it. He created us.
Our bodies are an ad hoc bunch of spaghetti code with many questionable and obsolete mechanisms.
Can you tell your god to stop giving kids leukemia? KThanksbye
Oh my gosh! Your guest is the best ever! He’s so animated and genuinely excited and knowledgeable.
I've never heard a such a detailed, comprehensive explanation about this subject. It's so information dense that had to rewatch many parts of it to understand it. I feel privileged to be a subscriber to your channel.
I sincerely hope anyone that watches this knows how much of a privilege it is to have this video as a resource. It's such an excellent overview and easy to understand for a concept that has a lot of nuance. It flies in the face of any diet that professes black & white verbage to describe whether dietary cholesterol is good or not. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I love hearing the "it depends" kind of answer. I much prefer precision over easy when it comes to answers about health.
ditto!
This video was incredibly informative, but I really don't know if "it depends" is the most honest conclusion, and I'm a bit dissapointed he did not discuss further specifics. It seems to me that hypercholestorolemia is a relatively common condition, and I can't find any information on the incidence rate of hypocholestorolemia, which is also linked to adverse health effects. If like I suspect the latter is much less common, perhaps it is misleading to say "it depends" like its some 50/50 split. With the way he talked about it, he portrayed hypo-aboserbers of cholesterol as having a blessing, so certainly not an adverse condition, unless ofcourse the body is also incapable of producing enough on its own. Seems like it varies how harmful dietary cholesterol can be to people, not that "it depends whether its good or bad". With that in mind and the fact that food is a package deal and the healthiest foods and diets are consistently rich in plants, it is a weird conclusion to make
So we are kinda gambling by freely eating fat and cholesterol rich foods? If we don't know how our body is behaving with it? I knew there was variability in how food affects people, but it goes much deeper than I thought. Glad RUclips recommended this to me.
This is SO HELPFUL. I am a hyper absorber with very high ApoB, high LDL, high HDL and have been eating 3 eggs daily. Going to switch to one whole egg and egg whites. Thank you. I’m reading and watching all of Dr Dayspring that I can find. Also I really appreciated your recent debunking of the saturated fats are fine report
Why continue eating one egg a day if you’re a hyper absorber?
@@markjonz My question too. I started Ezetemibe and stopped eating eggs, etc.
@@markjonzeggs are addictive
What a brilliant explanation. I’ve been studying nutrition for over 50 years and this is the best and most comprehensive discussion I’ve ever seen.
You are a dog?
far too comprehensive for me. I'm just as uncertain now as before I watched it.
This was one of the best lectures I have ever listen about nutrition. This is what we really can call “nutriton made simple”. Great analogies. His passion reminded me of R. Taylor. I love people who are passionate about their thing and spread good, science based information in a understandable manner 🤩
29:30 A man with an HDL of 60 is in the normal range. Why is that a possible sign of a hyper-absrber? Is it a sign only if the man's LDL is high? 🤔
The world’s authority on cholesterol gave us the best lecture !
I googled good HDL levels for women and. Got this: According to the Cleveland Clinic, a high HDL cholesterol level is anything above 80 mg/dL. An HDL cholesterol level of 60 mg/dL or above is considered protective against heart disease. A level less than 50 mg/dL for women is considered a major risk factor for heart disease.
You should have 100x the subscribers you currently have. This is a true service you are providing. You are a saint! Thank you so much!
Outstanding! If we only had more people like him to explain biology in such simple terms, we would all be better educated and equipped to manage our health in a targeted, meaningful and effective way. Kudos to you Gil for bringing his knowledge to the public.
Love your content! This is one of several key videos that convinced me to change my diet and do something about my cholesterol levels. All of my family has high cholesterol. In December, my total cholesterol was 391, LDL was 282. My family has been convinced that cholesterol doesn't matter. I finally decided to do something and went on a plant based diet in mid January. Before I ate mostly vegetarian but loved cream and butter (LOTS of them). After going vegan, my total cholesterol is down to 207 and LDL is down to 118. I expected a little bit of a drop, but nothing this dramatic! Thank you for taking the time to make these informative videos!
that's incredible, great job!!!!!!
My cholesterol is high ish. And I have cardiovascular disease. Stage 1 and Stage 2 hypertension. 5 ft 6 in tall and only 108 lb. Not diabetic. Cardiologist told me since it is familial that diet won't fix it. Wants me on meds.
You were right in the intro to this video - This really is one of the best all around explanations I have ever heard. Thanks for posting this.
This guy is a rock star! Love the way he talks. Where is he from?
Wow. Dr Tom dayspring is amazing at teaching complex concepts in a fun and interesting manner. Such a delight listening to him.
Im a doctor from India. We read all about cholesterol synthesis, absorption and receptors in med school but never had a professor who could engage the students so well.
Id go back to med school again if i had such professors.
Thank you Gil.
Regarding individual variability: I was exercising a lot and eating the recommended low fat diet and my body did not have excess fat, but I felt like I was not robust or strong and my cholesterol was going up. My doctor recommended statins. I asked what lifestyle I could do but when he said " eat less fat" I replied that was not possible since I already ate very little fat. He then said I was likely genetically predisposed to why cholesterol.
Later, when I switched to a fairly high fat high cholesterol, low carb diet and I told him look. My cholesterol levels are very good and I eat a lot of cholesterol. He said maybe I have genetically predisposition to low cholesterol.
I guess that doctor thinks I had successful gene therapy. In my case, I think my low fat diet contributed to a poor lipid profile and the general health recommendations and assumptions of doctors are not correct.
That is Soo funny, that dr doesn’t know his patient 😉
It's likely because you were eating pretty poorly on the low fat diet. It isn't mentioned in this video, but studies show that eating refined sugar and refined carbs on a calorie per calorie basis is effectively nearly as bad as eating those calories as saturated fats.
For heart health it's the quality of the fats that matters. In other words: eat nuts and seeds.
This is EXACTLY my story, - what the doctor said word for word and what I did: zero fat, 100% carbs, which caused hypercholesterolemia. He said it must be familial. At that point I turn to Google and RUclips 🎉😅
@@signs80 he said he is exercising a lot. 99% who exercising knows, that eating junkfood refined sugar and mcdonald is big NO NO. occasionally yes but not everyday or every so often.
imo. the problem is that if you eat less fat. your body tried to make more. like video said. dietary cholesterol absorption for most ppl is half. but because he lack of it. the body then create more by creating from body fat and recycle it via bile/instentine.
eating more fat then reverse this effect and body doest need any more cholestorol. hence cholesterol going back to normal
I don't think you can do much in terms of how digestible your content can be when you're presenting actual facts, because facts tend to be more complex than eat this, do that and you'll be fine. There's also the problem of other influencers crafting their "facts" such that they appeal to most people and confirm what individuals already believe, and that generates more clicks (it's not fat it's sugar type crowd for example). So I'm very happy you took your time to interview someone of such great knowledge and explaining abilities, because I was confused about this topic for a while but this video cleared it up for me in a matter of minutes (to be fair i did zone out ofter the explanation of low and high absorbers because that kinda answered my question but i will definetly revisit this). Thanks
Can't believe this is freely available on youtube. This is gold standard content, almost a book compressed and summarized into very understandable format. I'm subscribed!
Had to listen twice, but what a wealth of information!! Gil, you are a blessing! Thank you for all your time and efforts.
Thank you so much for this. I'm 81 and you have answered questions I have had since I became old enough to say the word Cholesterol. Getting a little schooling on this has helped me understand where to go from here. Thank you again. Subscribed and liked.
Totally eggselent. Doctor Dayspring explained the complex pathways & the many variables in a way that made it easily understood. Looking forward to many more videos like this. Thank you for this channel...
Muchísimas gracias por este video y esta entrevista. Me encantó la forma de explicar del Dr. y ahora también soy su fan.
I worked with Dr Dayspring in the past at a laboratory. Brillant physician. Good to see him again.
Fantastic lecture! My mother has familial hyperlipidemia with total Cholestrol in the 300s to 400s, HDL in the 120 region. I (male) don't have such high levels myself but my total runs around 250 with HDL around 70, LDL around 150. So I guess I got partial genes from my mother, not full loss of function.
I went on full vegan (no dairy or animal products) diet for 2 months and my Cholestrol only went down by 15points. It was very frustrating but now I see why. Thank you for this illuminating lecture. I think I'd be one of those who could benefit more from absorption blockers like Ezetimibe. Also perhaps invest my time more on diet changes that target better Cholestrol elimination (soluble fibers Flax seed etc..)
Again thanks a whole bunch to both of you. I hope many providers will see this video and learn. No one suggested any genetic test for my mother. They just put her on statin and that's it. Seems like she could benefit more if Ezetimibe is added.
(BTW gonna have to return the phytosterol supplement that's on the way. Y'all might just save me from some damage on that front. Thank you!)
I was totally engrossed listening to him! He have such an interesting ability to make the cholesterol, LDL and rest of the players in the story of high cholesterol come to life. I just imagined them as tiny walking talking cartoon characters and totally was into it. Wow! What a great interview. Thanks for inviting him to give such an amazing, eye opening interview.
I could listen to this doctor all day. He makes this so interesting. I bet at some point he was an educator/teaching doctor/trainer.
Fascinating. Dayspring REALLY knows his stuff. Yes, I'm a hyper-responder to cholesterol (determined via the lots of eggs for a month/no eggs for a month) test. And yes, my HDL tends to run high - usually 70-75. I used to be proud of it - hey, it's the GOOD cholesterol. But now I see that the situation is much more complex.
Eliminating eggs, reducing EVOO (!?!) and increasing exercise (I assume) has helped me to naturally cut my ApoB in half, from 1.86 to 0.93 in the last six months. My target is 0.80. If Zestia helps me get there, I'm taking it. I'll ask my doctor to test those phytosterols. [edit] Now I'm down an ApoB of 83, but couldn't get it any lower even with supplemented psyllium husk. Oh well, at least I got my doctor off my back. Since my BP great, I'm not going to sweat it from now on.
A channel name Nutrition Made Simple showed you how it is complex. Take your Zestia, as Nature intended.
@@hektor6766 lol. Nature - i.e. the forces of natural selection - stops caring about us after the age of reproduction (which I am). So why should I care about Nature?
I'm similar to you with cholesterol and can't eat too much meat or else I feel it.
I was a registered nurse for over forty years and while the experts presented are clearly knowledgeable in their fields I’m finding these videos to be hard to understand on first viewing . I have always found the way you deliver information to be very easy to comprehend . This is not to show any disrespect to your guests but emphasize the importance of your summaries at the end . I went totally plant based four months ago and total cholesterol only dropped 18 points which was very disappointing . Please continue with your very easy to comprehend presentations. Thank you .
I don’t think it was difficult to understand. I went back and listened to a few lines again for clarification. I have listened to a fair number of videos about cholesterol, but I have no medical training.
the interview format is relatively new for me so I´m trying to get the hang of it and trying to figure out the best way to present them as we move forward (short snippets? long form 1-2h convos? break them down into 2 or 3 parts?) , so your feedback is important!
@@NutritionMadeSimple Perhaps some viewers are intimidated by longer videos, or just think, “I don’t have time for this.” But this particular video is best watched all at once to absorb the overall concept and how it all links together. Some of us are hyper-absorbers of information while others are hypo-absorbers. Ha, ha, get it?
@Pamela and Pablo Ortiz Thank you for your comment, I feel the same way. I want the information to be "Made Simple" and I also like to see some practical suggestions. I'm really loving this channel (I'm burnt out on Keto and IF), and so far the "what I eat in a day" video has been the most helpful (and most simple).
@@NutritionMadeSimple probably snippets with you declouding said snippets. I found it fine, but I have been reading about these things for like ever so it just filled in a few blanks for me.
Thank you for the information. This was the best explanation of the cholesterol management
Wow, what an excellent deep dive from the subject matter expert. Honestly, broken down in a way to understand the function and pathways. testing and options could really increase a patient’s ability to manage high cholesterol levels. I am grateful you had Dr. Tom D. on to explain this. ❤
I have been binge watching this subject for months due to having gallbladder attacks which i think is linked to having high cholesterol (had other symptoms which are slowly disappearing over the past 6 months due to a very low cholesterol diet). I wish I had seen this video months ago best explanation I have seen by miles!!!
This guy’s hilarious! I love how he personifies cholesterol molecules. Brilliant teacher.
No disrespect..
He reminds of Grandpa Munster of The Munsters. Lol
Such an amazing channel, and so refreshing with someone who is intelligent, educated but also refuses to take sides or sponsors. Would it be possible for you to break down seasonal allergies at some point? I have bad pollen allergies and some food allergies, would do basically anything to fix it but so hard to understand what treatments are actually real and what is just people trying to rip you off. Anyways all the best and keep up the good work.
A very useful and informative video. It helps me understand my mum's condition better. Some have commented that the speaker is a little too "long winded" but I don't find it so. Thank you for making it easy for me to understand better! Really thanks a lot!
It is so good hearing people who really know what they're talking about!
Excellent video. Dr Dayspring does a great job of presenting this information. So many nuances!
Wow, even I can understand this form of medical explanation. What a great teacher.
This is the second time I've listened to this! It's an excellent education on cholesterol issues. TYTY
Much thanks Dr. Carbalho for featuring Dr. Dayspring.
I cannot believe it took me so long to get your videos suggested to me. Maybe they have improved the algorithm!
Just outstanding! Please continue doing this nobel work!
This was by far the most comprehensive explanation of cholesterol and how it works. It was very helpful that it was pointed out we are all different in how we respond to it and it's not a one size fits all as far as our diets are concerned. Thank you.
Great content, thank you for all you are doing. I like your gentle and non-argumentative style of delivery. 🙏
This guy is a joy to listen to!!!
Many thanks for sharing Dr Carvalho.
Dr Thomas Dayspring is a really brilliant lipodologist. Previous to see this, I saw his super informative and educational lipid series podcasts with Simon Hill on The Proof. I learned do many things that I was ignorant of, it clarfied many of my misconceptions and misinformation I had bought into
Dr. Tom is hilarious! And all while explaining complex information to everyone. Excellent interview; thank you, Dr. Gil!
Never understood how my body is ending up with large quantities of lipids. Its a true masterclass, capable of saving millions of lives. This video should be a lecture in all medical schools.
All docs HAVE to know this if CVD is the #1 killer.
smdh
I don’t eat red meat but i ate 4 eggs a day. I take a lot fiber, flax and chia. I exercise consistently. I smoked 3 to 5 cigarettes a day, I quit meanwhile. I’m going to be tested next month, i feel reasonably well, considering I’m 65 and waiting for hip replacement surgery , i hope I’n not doing anything wrong. I take multivitamins, palmetto, fish oil, plus reinforce vitamin D3 and K2. I take no other medication not even pain killers as my liver is too sensitive. I’ll try to watch this video before going to the doctor to check the referenced markers. I like your YT channel a lot. Your ethical posture unclutter complex issues, not by over simplification but with well backed sound information.
Thank you for getting this guest on to share this important information in such a clear simple explanation.
I am only a high school student, but I find your work very inspiring. ❤
Thank you so much for this video. One month ago I suffered what doctors initially thought to be seizures but turned out to be a TIA (mini stroke) at 42. After thinking I was living a relatively healthy lifestyle, these past few weeks I have been on a learning journey. Thank you and Dr. Dayspring for this informative video.
Thank you very much for this video, Dr. Gill and Dr. Tom. It's a pedagogical content I'll go back to for reviewing and keep learning. The duration of the video was fine. It's a complex topic that needs several complementary videos. As some users have already suggested, I think it would be a great idea to have a similar interview material that goes through the metabolism, testing and individual genetic variability related to other lipids (triglycerides, saturated fat, omegas, phytosterols, etc.). I'm particularly interested in triglycerides and saturated fat. Once again, thank you very much for your professional and pedagogical work. Good vibes to all the team. 👍
Simply amazing. Watched twice. Thank you
Thank you , this is by far, the most comprehensive analysis of cholesterol and its effect on our body, wonderful discussion and so informative ❤
I feel I need to listen to this video two o three more times with pen and paper. Super interesting. Thanks!
Thank you for this!! LOVE LOVE LOVE. This video puts a lot of pieces together from your previous videos on ApoA and ApoB. I think I can go back to your other videos on the subject and get a lot more out of them now.
I had questions on triglycerides and fatty liver. Can you do a video on this? It’s an epidemic in the United States and for those who have it, not a lot of guidance. I would love to see Dr. Tom Dayspring, MD, speak on the subject if he was inclined. :)
Thank you both for this extremely informative video.
OMG, I finally found an understandable explanation of dietary cholesterol effects on serum cholesterol.
Now this is what the internet is for, what great content. Thank you.
Thanks for this, Gil. Good interview with Tom
Jeez, this is gold. Thanks to yourself and Tom taking the time to do this. Dr Dayspring is quite engaging! Got many insights from this ... I may need to explore the possibility with my doctor that I have hyperabsorption of dietary cholesterol as my HDL is quite high. In the meantime, I have been reducing animal product consumption recently based on your other videos.
Love this guy! Thanks Dr. Dayspring for your enthusiasm and sharing your knowledge. 😅
Thank you so much for that. It was totally awesome. So complete a description and presented in an easy to undersatnd way by a clear expert in the field. very passionate and with a excellent and entertaining manner Dr Dayspring was amazing
Gil, the point about the bell curve within the population is extraordinarily important. We too often assume that the entire population is the same. Instead, what if every time we do a study there are 2 or three or five different subpopulations that react differently to an input. Suddenly, all those meta-analyses might be a lot less comparable if certain subpopulations are not represented or the input is slightly different. As you know, this is called Simpson's paradox and we ignore it at our peril.
I went on a keto diet with 16:8 intermittent fasting 4-1/2 months ago. I have lost 41 pounds, and got my new lipid panel yesterday to compare to a November 2022 panel. After eating lots of eggs, bacon sausage, beef, butter, and mixing in chicken and fish for the 4-1/2 months, my total cholesterol dropped a little - 149 to 137. My HDL is too low and dropped from 36 to 34. But Triglycerides dropped from 138 to 69 and VLDL dropped from 25 to 14. LDL was unchanged at 88. The good news was that my Triglyceride to HDL ratio dropped from 3.8 to 2.0. A very good change in an important indicator. I was very worried that my high fat, and fairly high saturated fat diet would send my blood lipids skyrocketing. But they generally stayed the same or dropped considerably. I see doctors who predict both ways -- high fat will increase cholesterol or high fat/low carb will reduce cholesterol. In my case, it was the latter.
I am curious ofyour averagedailycarb intake during that 4.5 months-? Tia
@@eugeniebreida I tried to keep it at 20 grams a day or less. I'm sure I went over on occasion, but not by much. I ate zero foods that were high carb during that time.
Thanks so much for your response. I once went on a strict STRICT paleo carnivore (no carbs) for one month, and reduced ALL of my inflammation - to zero. I also reduced my carbs to zero.
In the end this restriction caused me great problems in terms of hormones (cortisol raised) - too much energy/inability to find restful sleep. So I ditched it.
I think I am going to try a strongly meat w/greens & very low carb vegges so that I do not go off the charts ketogenic (can still sleep) but finally knock off the know crap foods (grains, nightshades, bad seed oils a(which I dont consume anyway) but maybe the nuts which I do, in moderation. Not sure about my flax seeds/flax oil (omega3's, but not only).
Any idease welcome. However I'm not a fan of pork for inflammation, nor highly processed meats (bacon in USA, etc). Thanks for your info!@@texdentist
Just be aware that most low carb diets show results in year one that are reversed in year two. That won't be true for everyone because of individual variability, but it is true on average. I hope it works for you!
I had a lipid panel done the day after attending a kids birthday party, where I spent the day eating pizza, snacks, soda, cake, and ice cream. My lipid panel turned out pretty bad, and my triglycerides were in the 300s. That particular day was an exception, as I do not regularly eat like that.
This sort of explanation of how the body takes in fats/cholestol could do with a flow chart . Thanks though. Really great lecture
Thank you both so very much. I spent years trying to understand why my LDL-C and ApoB are high even after cutting the SFA almost completely. This was an eye-opener! I was prescribed statins, but I managed to keep my LDL at 130-140 with the diet and exercise, and this is not easy. Now I have a Plan B!
What a great guy, pleasure to listen and learn!
Wow, that's a lot of good information. My brain almost exploded! I guess I'll re-watch...
Dr. Tom is an incredible speaker.
GREAT interview! Thank you a lot! 💚
Wow! Explained so well. Wish he taught my medical school class.
Hi Dr. Carvalho,
As always, I'm very grateful for the information that you're sharing with us. After watching this video I realize that the main questions I have about cholesterol are: What are its main roles in the body and how does low or high levels of serum cholesterol affect those roles and why does cholesterol have such a bad rep? I've mostly heard from the keto camp, so my understanding of it is that you can eat as much as you want and that it won't cause any problem unless you suffer from inflammation. I've also heard that it's absolutely essential for the synthesis of sex hormones in the body, so it's mainly a good thing. Also, understanding how cholesterol is synthesized in the body (and from what) and what influences the levels at which it's being synthesized would really help understanding the whole picture. Cheers!
Super information and top interview. Thankyou from Buenos Aires Argentina I am your strict follower !!
muchas gracias!!
Great and really informative video. One thing I'm dissapointed about is how food as a package deal was barely glossed upon, especially with the mention of gut-flora and what dietary choices are associated with healthier flora. I think the issue of whether it's worth trial and erroring with your cardiovascular health and spending a lot of time and money on sophisticated tests, when dietary cholesterol seems mostly unnecessary, was also not addressed
Gut flora does not like ezetimib, I quickly stopped it.
Dietary Cholesterol is unnecessary, like pretty much every other nutrient in every other food we consume.
So very interesting! Thank you for offering us a much better alternative than these radical believers on RUclips with their narrow analysis! This Dr Dayspring is such a great find, very interesting and passionate, such a riot to watch! Thank you to both of you.
THIS IS THE BEST, COMPREHENSIVE, EASY TO UNDERSTAND EXPLANATION, ESPECIALLY THE VARIABILITY and divination AFFECT ON HUMANS.
Thanks for giving him the space to talk and give US all the good info
What a lecture on Cholesterol, absortion and pathways... As always, great video.
Fantastic video. Now I need to watch it at least a couple more times to really understand and absorbe the lessons. Thank you very much.
great video for medical students to understand this important area better. thank you !
This is Super useful information. I was on a mono therapy of statin, kept increasing all the way to 40mg. Added ezetimibe and apoB plummeted. Then kept halving the statin all the way down to 5mg with great results. Currently TC 81, apoB 34
Wow, that's great! Statin lowered my ldl but not enough and I didn't want to increase dose so Ezitimibe was added. It did nothing at all. Now i'm on Repatha and that's pretty effective but I probably can use a very small amount of statin to get APo B to goal.
the best EVER explanation about cholesterol ,Thank you so much!
Wow,about Time to fond this high degre of educationnal vidéo ,bravo
Dr. Dayspring is a rockstar. This explanation of how cholesterol is absorbed was so much fun, and easy to understand. "The liver is praying that the cholesterol will be excreted with the stool, but the small intestine isn't so bright." I loved it. I'm going to watch this one again, for sure.
wow. I was spell bound by this doctor's presentation. I mean I have been over indulging in your videos this last past week. Can't get enough, Hope that over indulgence doesn't cause a rise in cholesterol. lol
Just wow !!!! What a science and what a great dr. Tom !
WOW... Brain full! Gonna need to re-watch this a time or two. SUCH good content! Sincere thanks to Dr. Dayspring, and Dr Carvalho for putting this together.